Updated On: 14 May, 2022 07:01 AM IST | Mumbai | The Editorial
During COVID times, we saw huge stress on hygiene. People were also warned repeatedly not to spit in public, whether having eaten paan or not, that was not the question

A Paan-wala prepares paan for customers at a roadside shop in New Delhi on November 20, 2012. Pic/AFP
This is called painting the town red but with a shameful twist. Paan and gutka stains are seen at the newly opened Metro corridors, inaugurated in April. A commuter pointed to paan stains on a platform screen door at a station. Commuters are demanding authorities take strict action against the people spitting on Metro premises.
Some wry comments on social media have termed this as ‘art work’ with pictures of the same. Others have stated that some people do not think they are stakeholders in the city.